Floor skirting boards

Any interior will be considered unfinished, if there is not a small, but very important element of decoration in the room - a floor skirting board. Buy it better after completing the completion of the room. The modern market of finishing materials is full of offers of various types of skirting boards. Most often choose a plinth under the floor covering . In this case, the plinth, which coincides in color with the floor, will contribute to the visual expansion of space. It is possible to choose a skirting board in the tone of the doors or even windows. And then with the help of the plinth join together in a single style of disparate elements of the interior.

Types of floor skirting

Floor skirting boards are made of a wide variety of materials. Consider the most common of them.

1. Wooden skirting is the most popular. Having stopped on this kind of plinth, you should choose the type of wood from which the floor covering is made in your room. Most often it is oak, beech, pine or fir wood. The wooden plinth has high strength, durability, ecological purity and beautiful noble appearance. However, its cost is quite high. Also? such a plinth does not have a recess for the cable, which is not very convenient. And after installation, the wooden plinth requires additional finishing in accordance with the finish of the floor. When installing a wooden floor skirting, it is necessary that both the walls and the floor are perfectly even.
2. Veneered floor skirting is made of a wooden base with a decorative coating of veneer wood valuable stone. This type of plinth will cost you much cheaper than wooden, although it will not yield to it in appearance. Thanks to the imitation of valuable wood, as well as many shades that correspond to different types of flooring, you can choose exactly the skirting board, which is ideal for your interior. You can choose a curvilinear model of the plinth, which nicely decorates the column, partition or podium. The disadvantage of veneered plinth is its low moisture resistance.
3. Plastic skirting , one of the most popular and cheap, is used to frame the floor of linoleum, laminate, carpet. On the back side, the skirting board has a special niche and fixing channels for cables. Such a plinth is ready for use and does not require any additional processing after installation. It is resistant to moisture, various chemical detergents, and has good flexibility. However, the plastic skirting board should not be used with natural parquet.
4. The MDF floor plinth is used to decorate the floor from laminate and linoleum, as well as walls from MDF panels. At the heart of this skirting board is MDF, which is covered with paper and special varnish, so that the plinth perfectly imitates valuable wood. The advantages of MDF floorboards include its low price, hygienic, moisture and dirt resistance. However, such a plinth is quite fragile, and during its installation a lot of dust is formed.
5. Aluminum skirting is used with floors made of linoleum, carpet, porcelain stoneware and other materials. Non-standard beautiful appearance and excellent quality characteristics allow using it both in residential and commercial premises.
6. A floor plinth made of polyurethane is a worthy alternative to similar wooden elements. It is resistant to temperature fluctuations and moisture, so it can be used in the kitchen or in the bathroom. A white floorboard made of polyurethane can make the interior of any room more elegant and fresh. You can change its color by painting it under the shade of a wall or a door trim. Due to the elasticity, such skirting boards can be glued even on not very even floors and walls.